喩 means “metaphor, comparison”

ゆ · yu

Also: compare

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

たとえる, さとす

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ユ

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The story

A mouth (口) and 兪, which the old dictionaries call a dugout boat: words that ferry an idea across by likening it to something else. 比喩 is a figure of speech, 隠喩 a metaphor, and 直喩 a simile.

Used in 比喩 (hiyu, figure of speech), 隠喩 (in'yu, metaphor), and 直喩 (chokuyu, simile)

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